Isophon Vescova “Extravagant floor-standing loudspeaker equipped ...

played or the listening level was increased the Vescova show the additional sound sources.
Veil or sound-masking? Not with this speaker!
The reviewers went through all human emotions listening to the Vescova, from heartbeat via
goose-bumps to big consternation when listening to long-know favorite tracks. The
shockingly free clarity remained until the mechanical limits of the drivers suddenly turned
into hardness – a clue that many loudspeakers compress much earlier. Apropos power
handling: It was only seldom that the reviewers had had the opportunity to enjoy such a
voluminous, powerful and though precise bass even in much higher price-classes. The
impression of phenomenal stability and certainty was coupled with a holographically precise
imaging which helped to unmask recording errors or caused astonishment how crooked and
diffuse some speakers sound. While competitors in the same price-region sounded similarly
confident and neutral they were without any chance as soon as music got more and more
complex. Even the high-ranked loudspeaker „Ambiance“ from Audiodata sounded lethargic
and irritated compared to the Isophon. Without any doubt the Vescova is an exceptional
sound-transducer of highest class. Besides this it looks really beautiful!
Anyone who is addicted to loudspeaker design knows that wish and reality are far apart each
other concerning the function of frequency crossovers. Everything looks pretty easy and
simple. From a theoretic point of view two components (a capacitor and an inductor) are
sufficient to create a filter of second order which is the by far most often used application. In
every sophisticated construction manual you can find the necessary formulae to calculate the
components` values. Butterworth- or Bessel characteristics is only a matter of mathematics.